Love seeing older ladies in here! Mine isn’t this old yet but love my lady cat as she starts to get a little older and wiser.
Welcome New Users from Reddit!
See a lot of people floating in from Reddit. Welcome!
Make use of the space and try to keep things civil and at least related to Chicago. If you liked the vibe of /r/Chicago, feel free to emulate that here as well, and please leave feedback so we can make this place useful and welcoming to everyone!
When you say car camp, do you mean like in an RV? Or "glamping"?
If it is just the essense of travelling and sleeping with minimal stuff in your car, then there are some places up in Manistee National Forest where I have done exactly that as well.
Seems like this is a great spot based on the suggestions! Will definitely consider a trip out there this year then.
I don't mind memes and stuff like that at all. I would agree with @[email protected], once the memes and stuff get out of hand it can start to drown out useful conversation.
I say post and let people decide what they want to see. If we see some backlash then we can start to reign things in or modify as needed. "Meme Mondays" or something of the sort is a good, contained way to still have them be present.
I would have to agree. All the wilderness that is out there along with changing environments and terrain really makes for some amazing scenery as well as places for wildlife to really blossom.
Same here. My wife has seen/known about him for a while and was heartbroken hearing what happened to him.
Small time shop on the south side called Robust is very good. Or if you are up north then Wormhole is also a good choice.
The Democratic convention, to run from Aug. 19-22, 2024, is expected to draw up to 50,000 visitors to Chicago. Chicago last hosted a convention in 1996.
Best camping spots?
Been all over Michigan and love their camping locations!
Anyone want to share their favorites if they don't mind? Been camping in the western portion near Manistee and also all the way east near the border, to up in the UP. So no where is too far!
Love it! Even though I am not from there they play a big influence in the midwest area, and are one of the nicer areas for camping I have found so I go there often.
Would love to see input on info from the area from locals so hopefully they also join.
NASCAR announced a street race in Chicago the weekend of 4th of July 2023.NASCAR Announces First-Ever Street Course Coming to Downtown Chicago in July 2023
Joseph Stancak, who lived a private, frugal life in working-class Gage Park, was buried in a pauper’s grave.
From tax changes to a new state minimum wage to new driving laws to cash bail changes, 2023 is going to look a bit different for Illinois residents.
Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of soccer, has died. He was 82. Since 2021, he had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer discovered during a routine medical exam.
Hey everyone! If you participate in Folding@Home, I just set up a team for this Lemmy instance if you'd like to join!
If you're not familiar with it, Folding@Home utilizes excess processing power in your computer to help solve protein folding calculations spread through a large network of people doing this.
The team ID I set up is 1064112. Extremely simple to set up and join and start making a difference in the world without having to do a single thing basically!
If you would like to have our team contribute to any specific cause, let me know so I can have our team defaulted to that. Happy folding!
Share your favorite team(s)!
Show some love to your teams and introduce yourself by sharing in this thread!
Pope Emeritus Benedict's health worsens, Vatican says
The health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI worsened, a Vatican official said on Wednesday.
Anyone care for outdoor cats?
I see lots of cats outside in my neighborhood and I try to care for them when I can. Especially right now since it is winter, anyone want to drop some tips for caring for neigborhood cats?
One of mine is lots of cats die of dehydration in the winter since any water source is frozen. If you leave water out for them, you can always put hand warmers underneath the bowl so it will keep it heated and stop it from freezing hopefully giving the little guys time to enjoy.
This is a great article on making DIY cat shelters that we use during the winter time and they get great use out of it!
CHICAGO (Dec. 27, 2022) – Chicago Fire FC today announced that the Club has acquired Swiss winger Maren Haile-Selassie on loan from Swiss Super League club FC Lugano through the 2023 season with an option to purchase. Haile-Selassie will occupy an international spot on the Fire’s roster pending the ...
You'd think with all the money they get from lobbying and fundraising they could just pay one competent person with a gun to write their legislation properly. People sell their souls against what they love all the time for a huge wad of cash lol
Is it just me, or does the change in the clarifications for this just seem like common sense and something they should have been addressing the first time around if they actually understood the gun industry?
New Dispensary/Cafe Open in Wicker Park
Amazing place up in Wicker Park, operates more like a cafe than a dispensary and has the coolest workers! Prices aren't terrible either and all include taxes plus they hand out crazy amounts of free samples so if you go in for a 100mg slushie you can guarantee you'll likely end up with an extra 5-10mg!
Just want to inform people of some new /c/ I created today
Gaming - https://midwest.social/c/gaming
USA News/Politics - https://midwest.social/c/usa
Soccer - https://midwest.social/c/soccer
Not sure if this is how official Lemmy structure is supposed to be, but figured we could have dupe /c/ of these comms on our instance. They can x-post from other instances if needed but also can give a more specific insight into these topics that would tailor more to people in midwest.social.
Best game of 2022?
So what was your favorite game of this year? Which one did you anticipate the most and did it live up to your expectations?
This is in relation to the Chicago /c/? If so, may still be posting some things that can be seen as political but mostly to keep people informed.
An example would be something like the Chuy Garcia post of mine, since the FTX scandal was pretty large and it is interesting to know that it is tied back to our city somehow.
But feel free to post any content you would like as well!
Have you reached out to anyone else who runs a Lemmy server and seen if they are also experiencing this?
Do you think it is a bottlekneck or just due to large updates from other servers?
Yo, just some dude who lives in Chicago and likes open source stuff and wanted to move to a reddit alternative. Love all different types of stuff as long as it's new and interesting.